• Joan Erakit

Stories by Joan Erakit

How to Break Your African Parents’ Hearts
Literature

How to Break Your African Parents’ Hearts

On life as a writer.

An African In Need: How I Learned to Stop the Self-Hate and Love My Africanness
Writing

An African In Need: How I Learned to Stop the Self-Hate and Love My Africanness

In this personal essay, Joan Erakit opens up on her continued struggle with her identity as an African living in the diaspora.

I Quit My Job Because I Didn’t Belong There
News

I Quit My Job Because I Didn’t Belong There

How do you know whether to quit your job and follow your dreams? Joan Erakit explains why she did just that.